POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN
POLICE CALLS
A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships:
POLAND
May 19
Theft/forgery: A Center Road man discovered a stolen check had been forged and cashed for $80.
May 20
Identity fraud: A Katahdin Drive woman found out some of her personal information had been compromised.
BOARDMAN
May 21
Arrest: Brian V. Gray, 54, of Lee Avenue, Youngstown, was arrested near a police checkpoint on South Avenue and charged with operating a vehicle impaired. Gray’s blood-alcohol count was 0.160, double Ohio’s 0.08 legal intoxication limit, a report showed.
Arrest: A traffic stop near South Avenue resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old Brandon M. Davis of West Midlothian Boulevard, Youngstown. Davis was wanted on a city warrant accusing him of failing to appear in court on a disorderly-conduct charge.
Theft: Two men reportedly took two portable generators and a $329 leaf blower from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd., costing the business $1,529.
Theft: A man reportedly stole a $150 leather book bag from T.J. Maxx & More, 717 Boardman-Poland Road.
Auto theft: A 2016 Chevrolet Cruze was stolen at a restaurant in the 1300 block of Boardman-Poland Road.
Stolen property: After pulling them over near South Avenue, authorities charged Curtis M. Burton and Allen T. Grier, both 44 and of Akron, with one felony count of receiving stolen property. Earlier, police received information that someone had fled from Southern Park Mall security personnel and, during the traffic stop, found several trash bags containing numerous articles of clothing thought to have been stolen from Sears and other mall stores, a report showed.
Theft: A woman in her 30s reportedly stole a $3 bottle of hair gel from Hair Depot, 4026 Market St.
Arrest: The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Department handed to township police 41-year-old Aaran A. Smith of Winona Road, Salem, who was wanted on warrants charging her with one count each of telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing. Earlier this month, a Hudson Drive woman reported having received multiple harassing text messages, and alleged Smith had threatened to beat her up and kill her, a report stated.
Theft: A Struthers woman noticed her wallet missing while at a Doral Drive big-box store.
May 22
Arrest: Authorities charged 30-year-old Brittany E. Anness of Canavan Drive, Poland, with operating a vehicle impaired after having stopped her car near Interstate 680 and U.S. Route 224.
Attempted theft: A Campbell woman told police a man in his 40s had tried to take her purse before fleeing from a Tiffany Boulevard grocery store.
Drugs: Officers in the 6100 block of South Avenue took into custody 28-year-old Lisa M. Griffin and charged her with one felony count each of tampering with evidence and drug abuse as well as one misdemeanor count each of drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia. Griffin, of Hudson Avenue, Youngstown, had a folded dollar bill, inside of which was suspected heroin, a cut straw with suspected heroin residue and four pieces of suspected marijuana; she also tried to tamper with the bill, a report said.
Theft: A Youngstown man noticed his wallet missing while at a township movie theater.
Theft: A Bessemer, Pa., woman reported $140 stolen from her wallet while at a Doral Drive big-box store.
Arrest: William D. Huddleston of Chain School Road, East Palestine, was charged with operating a vehicle impaired after having been pulled over near a Tiffany Boulevard motel. The 52-year-old Huddleston’s blood-alcohol count was 0.163, a report stated.
Criminal damaging: Someone used a paint marker to draw on and do an estimated $240 in damage to a vehicle in the 1800 block of Lemont Drive.
Theft: A man reportedly took $40 worth of fishing lures from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.
Arrests: Authorities responded to two suspicious males on bicycles at a Boardman-Poland Road eatery, where they charged two Youngstown boys, 15 and 16, with felony vandalism, attempted grand theft of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property after the teens reportedly were found with a key fob to a Jeep. A short time later, a truck driver who was transporting the Jeep and several other vehicles discovered property, including the key devices, missing and that a knife had been used to slice a tie-down strap, which could have resulted in a vehicle falling from the truck during transport, he told police.
Domestic violence: A 15-year-old township boy was charged with the crime after his mother alleged the teen had grabbed and squeezed her wrists, then pushed her backward during an argument that apparently began when the boy became angered, yelling at other family members, after someone sat in his seat.
Drugs: A traffic stop near Lemans Drive resulted in a minor-misdemeanor citation charging 32-year-old Madison H. Colman of Woodview Drive, Youngstown, with drug possession. Colman, who also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, had 1 gram of suspected marijuana and a digital scale with suspected marijuana residue, police alleged.
Arrest: Authorities on Indianola Road pulled over and took into custody Shawn V. Moreland of Akron upon learning the 24-year-old man was wanted on a felony warrant from that city. Moreland also was handed a minor-misdemeanor citation charging him with marijuana possession.
May 23
Assault: An Austintown woman alleged her boyfriend had grabbed and threatened her as she drove in the 8100 block of Market Street.
Arrest: Joseph S. Maderitz, 47, was charged with violating a protection order after police alleged Maderitz, of North Hazelwood Avenue, Youngstown, was at his estranged wife’s Hunting Valley Drive home, in violation of the order.
Identity fraud: A Tudor Lane woman found out her bank card had been used in a Harrison, Ohio, store to make an unauthorized $320 transaction.
Theft: Youngstown State University police relinquished custody of Ishia M. Milledge, 29, to township authorities. Milledge of Fairmont Avenue, Youngstown, faced a felony-theft charge, accused of stealing a Poland man’s wallet May 12 while he was in a Boardman-Poland Road store.
Theft: A customer who borrowed a $6,000 lawn mower from Agnew Farm Equipment, 7700 Market St., reportedly refused to return the item.
Identity theft: A Meadowbrook Avenue man found two unauthorized charges on his debit-card statement that totaled $139.
Thefts: Items, including jewelry, medication, credit and debit cards, were removed from several vehicles on Rosewood Drive.
Theft: A Melbourne Avenue man reported a .38-caliber revolver missing from his car.
Burglary: To an apartment in the 4000 block of Hillman Way after someone had removed a screen and entered through a front window. Stolen was a $400 laptop computer.
Theft: A wallet was taken from a vehicle in the 100 block of Melbourne Avenue.
May 24
Arrest: Bruce R. Vincent, 57, of Crystal Drive, Boardman, was pulled over near Glenwood Avenue and taken into custody on a charge of failing to appear in court.
Theft: Terry L. Johnson, 26, of Hillcrest Drive, Lake Milton, and 34-year-old Richard L. Hawkes of North Randolph Street, Girard, were charged with taking five Sony PlayStation 4 games and a PlayStation controller from Walmart.
Citation: Police issued 51-year-old John S. Marlin of West Western Reserve Road, Poland, a minor-misdemeanor citation charging him with being intoxicated in public after having received information that an intoxicated person was leaving a Southern Park Mall restaurant.
Assault: A Firnley Avenue man told police he was struck on the left side of his face at his residence; the other person reported the accuser was drunk and had fallen.
Theft: A $600 refrigerator and an oven were removed from a residence in the 60 block of Indianola Road.
Domestic violence: Gerald T. Aaron, 42, of South Avenue, Boardman, faced charges of simple assault and making domestic-violence threats after his girlfriend alleged Aaron had threatened her with serious bodily harm. After having overheard the threat while on the phone with the victim and fearing for her safety, her son came to the residence, where Aaron struck and held him down, a report showed.
Theft: A woman reportedly stole various health and beauty products as well as a bottle of antifreeze from Family Dollar, 4030 Market St.
Theft: Roy D. Schimpf, 34, who listed addresses on East Prospect Street in Girard and Rhoda Avenue in Youngstown, was charged with theft and possession of drug paraphernalia after 13 items, including a flashlight, were stolen from Dollar Tree, 541 Boardman-Poland Road. Schimpf, who also was wanted on a Girard warrant, had a suspected crack-cocaine pipe, a report stated.
Drug paraphernalia: Police near Route 224 pulled over and charged Tareana J. Butler, 29, of Gladstone Street, Youngstown, and 48-year-old John D. Druzisky of Jaguar Drive, Boardman, with possession of drug paraphernalia after alleging two suspected crack-cocaine pipes were found. Druzisky also was charged with operating a vehicle impaired.
Theft: A temporary license plate was stolen off a car in the 800 block of Cook Avenue.
Theft: A man in his late teens reportedly stole two pairs of polo sweatpants from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.
May 25
Criminal damaging: Two men in an altercation with each other reportedly damaged three bushes surrounding a sign at a business in the 8100 block of Market Street. Damage was estimated at $375.
Theft: A man reported a .45-caliber handgun missing from his Edenridge Drive home.